| There are many common signs that people addicted | | | | tolerance to continue to rise, and it can cause serious |
| to prescription drugs often exhibit. Prescription drug | | | | financial problems if an addicted person needs to buy |
| addiction symptoms are pretty universal, occurring in | | | | a significantly larger amount of the drug. |
| most addicts, such as an increased tolerance for the | | | | Physical dependence is another prescription drug |
| drug, and physical dependence on the drug. | | | | addiction symptom. Physical dependence is when a |
| Treatment can begin once the symptoms are | | | | person needs a certain amount of the prescription |
| recognized and the addict realizes that he or she has | | | | drug in their system in order to function normally. The |
| a problem. Kicking a prescription drug addiction can be | | | | body adapts to the drug and needs it to perform. |
| difficult and painful, but it is infinitely better than a | | | | Withdrawal symptoms often occur when an addict |
| lifetime wasted on drugs. | | | | quits using the drug. Some withdrawal symptoms |
| One of the main signs of a prescription drug addiction | | | | include feeling physically ill, temporary loss of |
| is that the user develops an increased tolerance for | | | | memory, and wild mood swings, which can |
| the drug. This means that the user needs an | | | | sometimes culminate in physical aggression. |
| increased amount of the drug to get the same | | | | The main sign that a person is addicted to a |
| effects that used to result from a smaller amount of | | | | prescription drug is if they are unable to quit using it, |
| the drug. When a person increases their tolerance for | | | | even if they try to go without. It is important for |
| a prescription drug, more and more of the drug is | | | | people showing prescription drug addiction symptoms |
| required to get the desired effects. For example a | | | | to seek help with their addictions. It often takes a |
| person may need to take four times as much of a | | | | doctor's advice to manage withdrawal symptoms in a |
| drug to get the same effect. This is a problem for a | | | | healthy way. It is important that addicts do not |
| number of reasons. It can lead to death or | | | | complicate their health any further. |
| hospitalization due to an overdose, it can cause the | | | | |